by John Grisham · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804490388
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«La casa dipinta» is the historical novel by John Grisham, published by Mondadori in paperback (416 pages, in Italian).
In rural Arkansas in 1952, Luke Chandler, a seven-year-old boy, lives with his family next to a cotton plantation. Every year, the arrival of Mexican workers and hill people brings tensions and secrets that the boy witnesses without understanding. The pressure to survive and certain violent episodes force him to grow up before his time.
Work originally published as 'A Painted House' in 2001; translated into Italian by Tullio Dobner.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction, suspense and coming-of-age novels, and also at book clubs.
John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three Anglophone authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing.
